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@ditch tetra Battiti i @fitta y STEPHEN RAWDON AND L. T. ETHRIDGE, OFDARLlNG-TON, WISCONSIN.

Letters .Ptent No; 67,801, dated August 13, 1867i IMPEOVED WASHINGMACHINE.

To ALL wHoM Ir` MAY conocen.

Be it known that we, STEPHEN RAWDON and4 L. T. ETHRIDGE, lof Darlington,in thecounty of Lafayette, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a ,newand useful improvement in Washing Machines; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and 'exact Adescription of the same,reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, making partl of thisspeciiioation, and in whch Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of awashing machineconstructed in accordance with and embracing ourimprovement.

The object of our improvement.. is the production of a washingmachine'which is cheap and simple-in its construction, easy. andeihcient in its operation onethat is not liable to get out of order, andthat Amay be easily and quickly repaired, should it become broken; andtoths end our invention consists in constructing the machine withsemicircular or-nearly s'emicircular heads or ends, connected togetherbya series of round or halfV round ties or'rods constituting the rubber,and provided with a sheet-metal bottom or .its equivalent, and aremovable top, and witha' lever for operating the machine or tub, thewhole suspended upon a longitudinal pivot or axis, and operated in themanner hereinafter described. v

To enable others to make and use our invention, we will describe itsconstruction and operation,.lwith reference to the drawing, in whichl Arepresents one of the semicircular heads or ends B B are the ties orrods, by means of which the ends Aare connected to each other, andwhich, in arrangement, are made to conform to the curved edges or facesof the heads; these ties or rods maybe made in form shown in .thedrawing, or in any other suitable form, as4 round or half round, asdesired, `and may be arrangedht such distances from each other as toconstitute, when covered, a rubbing surface extending over the whole ofthe curved bottom of the tub. C is the bottom of the 'Y tub, securedtightly to the curved edgesof the heads or ends A, which may be made ofsheet metal,A or, if preferred, of boards tngued and grooved or jointed;and D D arestrips orboards secured to the ends or heads on the top, insuch manner as to lap over, or. form`otherwise a ready means of securingthe edgesof the metal bottom C, where metal bottoms 'are used. E is.aremovable cover, located between the strips 4D D, adapted to be readilyremoved and replaced, and secured when in place by means of buttons F,or spring-catch, &c.,`as may be preferred. G are pivots, secured to theend pieces-A, or, if preferred, a shaft may be used, passing through thetub from end to. end, so arranged as tobalance or nearly balance theweight of said tub. H is an upright framing,.

4of any suitable construction, made in this instance in form resemblingan ordinary saw-horse or buck," and in the upper part of which thepivots G have their bearings at the opposite'ends of the tub. I is ahandle or lever, secured in a. socket, or staples, at one end ofthe tub,by means of which a vibratory or rocking motion is given to the tub whenin'operation, either by hand, or by the application thereto of anysuitable mechanical power.

From the foregoing description of the construction of our machine, itsoperation will be readily understood. The articles to be washedareplaced in the tub, with the requisite quantity of water, 85e., and thecover E is secured in place, when, by the rocking of the tub in themanner described, -they are caused to roll back and forth over -therubbers B, in such-manner as quickly and effectually to cleanse them,without any liability whatever of their being torn or injured in theoperation. The machine constructed as above described, but

somewhat smaller in dimensions than is required for the washing machine,has been found in practice to work admirably as a churn. K

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The machine or tub, consisting of the semicircular ends or heads A,connected together by means of the ties or rubber B, and .bottom C, andprovided with the removable cover E, and handle or lever G, 'incombination vwith uprghtframe H, all arranged and operating in themanner and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof We have hereuntosubscribed our names -this 21st dayof June, 1867.

STEPHEN RAWDON, L. T. ETHRIDGE.

Witness es:

Win McGnANAHA'N, SMITH McGRANAHAN.

